Art Restoration – Painting and photo repair and restoration in North Carolina, serving the Southport area, including Wilmington, St. James, Oak Island, Bald Head Island, and Myrtle Beach, and beyond.

Restoration of paintings is an art form in and of itself. We’re proud of the restorations we have performed here at Strazza Gallery and our customers are delighted when they see their paintings brought back to life. We have restored very valuable paintings and we have also restored paintings the value of which is found in more sentimental ways.

We Clean and Repair: Oil and acrylic paintings, flaking paint, smoke damage, flood and water damage, punctures, tears, brittle canvas, frames, and more.

We also do expert restoration of photographs.

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Paintings damaged during a move

Paintings damaged during a move

Sometimes things happen that we don't expect while moving the contents of a home into another home. This unfortunate painting was mistakenly dropped onto a chandelier that was on the floor. A million to one you might say, but we see things like this quite often. It...

What a little matting can do …

What a little matting can do …

Sometimes a piece comes along that has some serious acid problems, and there's not always a lot you can do (in a certain price range). But it can be de-acified, and the re-matted and framed. This is really helpful in stopping or slowing down the problem in many cases....

Oil Painting Portrait Restored

Oil Painting Portrait Restored

This oil painting came to us in serious need of restoration. It had huge flakes of paint falling off and many cracks as you can see form the photos. The painting was originally done on a board which makes it harder for us to repair as we would usually do some of the...

Beautiful Portrait Restored

Beautiful Portrait Restored

This beautiful portrait came to us in need of cleaning and restoration. It was a subtle painting, and it had been restored before. The painting had a few problems, being somewhat flat looking, the elbow on the girl had a few problems, and there was a dust of some kind...